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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Good timing
This weekend, time zones are friendly to Janeites with an appetite for online convening. On paper, it looks like you’d have to choose how...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 5, 2020
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Pandemic project
Back in March, a trio of young British academics decided to counteract the loneliness and isolation of lockdown by producing a series of...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 22, 2020
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Festival weekend
Just a reminder that this weekend will be an exciting one for Janeites: the online version of the popular Jane Austen Festival–held, in...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 10, 2020
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Lemonade in Louisville
Among the many long-scheduled events that have fallen victim to our coronavirus moment, the annual Jane Austen Festival in Louisville,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 18, 2020
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Among the Janeites, via First Impressions
Writing is a solitary job, so it’s always satisfying to discover that someone out there has read – even liked! – your words. So imagine...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 12, 2019
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Free stuff!
The only thing better than a book is a free book. And perhaps the only thing better than a free book is a free book with a Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 29, 2019
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Book talk in Manalapan
As this Jane Austen bicentenary year nears its close, I’m happy to report that I’ll get to play a small part in the local commemoration:...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 9, 2017
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And also this. . .
The cherry on the sundae of the New York Times's unexpected interest in Among the Janeites: I'm on the New York Times Book Review's...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 14, 2017
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Better late than never
Exciting news! A mere four years after publication, Among the Janeites has earned a review in the New York Times Book Review -- and by...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 11, 2017
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Spotlighted
I subscribe to the weekly newsletter of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England, so imagine my excitement when this week’s edition...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 15, 2016
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Austen stories on stage
Listening to a really good actor read aloud from a really good book is one of life’s great pleasures, not to mention my go-to strategy...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 28, 2016
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Talking Jane Austen fanfiction
My next book-related event is scheduled for this Wednesday, April 13, in Princeton, NJ: I’ll be speaking at our lovely independent...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 11, 2016
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